It's almost that time of year . . . when we all think we know who the best teams in college basketball are.

PilotRiot BG never showed up in Vegas, so Pilotnut is off the hood on the bucket of beer again. Hopefully someone makes him pay up next year

Go here: https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joingroup Click on Join Private Pool. Bracket is Pilot Nation and the password is purplepride. If you played last year, Yahoo should have emailed you an invitation to join, so just click the link.

Two hours before the brackets are announced, the prognosticators are now guessing St. Mary's will not make it to the Tournament.

If that is true, it would not come as a big surprise due to SMC's relatively weak schedule, but it would be a disappointment on many levels....not the least of which is the lack of financial gain by SMC and its WCC partners.

Watched Selection Sunday with my poor buddy that's an SMC fan. He was all set to fly to wherever the Gaels were going, and I may just have joined him if they were put in the Providence or Brooklyn pods. And then they weren't even one of the first four out! Shocking to me, I thought they deserved better.

DoubleDipper wrote:I haven't seen the brackets yet, but I understand Syracuse and Michigan are in....and SMC is not. That does not make sense to me, but some of us always whine about the schools that are left out.

So, the prize of a Bucket o' Beers at the WCC tourney has been a tough sale, due to the requirement of travel... I would be more than happy to consider a different prize if anyone has ideas? (I will still enjoy buckets o' beer in Vegas, however).

Something that is easy & fun to redeem/give/receive/mail/convey is good... Thoughts? Oh, and not too much of a hit to my wallet... while this may be a respectable site (?), there are not bags of cash just laying around.

I am really struggling with how to handle Gonzaga this year. I feel like they are better than their 11 seed, but if they are cold from 3-point land, their run could be short. I don't know squat about The Hall, either...

I have my thoughts on who will make a run... but that is a secret until Thursday morning! (And based on prior years results, my opinion is pretty much worthless).

Haha I was thinking after I wrote it that I had asked before....I had a yahoo address years ago but it was spammed hard and I shut it down. Guess you'll just have to believe me when I tell you I've got a great bracket.

You could just open a yahoo email account and use it solely for this purpose annually... I do that on other sites for their pools. I don't even open that account 11.5 months out of the year... who cares if it gets spammed?

pilotram wrote:Haha I was thinking after I wrote it that I had asked before....I had a yahoo address years ago but it was spammed hard and I shut it down. Guess you'll just have to believe me when I tell you I've got a great bracket.

Based upon who's signed up so far and which emails from last year haven't signed up yet, quite a few people get a new account each each year. I think mostly because they can't remember their passwords though.

I recently opened up my Yahoo account after almost a year away and had 74 spam emails.....I simply deleted all of them except the one from the Nigerian Prince who promised to "double" my bracket winnings....